Election agreement in sight

DSS Vice-President Miloš Aligrudić has said that the coalition partners are close to reaching agreement over an election date.

Izvor: B92

Wednesday, 17.10.2007.

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DSS Vice-President Milos Aligrudic has said that the coalition partners are close to reaching agreement over an election date. In an interview with B92’s Poligraf program, Aligrudic repeated his party’s view that it would not be wise to hold elections while Kosovo’s status was still under review. Election agreement in sight “At the time, we advocated having a strict and clear norm within Constitutional Law, but this was later removed at the behest of the Democratic Party (DS), when the the Constitution was written,” said the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) MP. He said that that had resulted in the parties interpreting Constitutional Law in different ways, and denied that the DSS’s motives for changing the law were based on political expediency. “Look, laws can be changed. It’s not a matter of what suits one party more, rather it’s the situation in question. So, it’s not a question of what suits us more, but rather as I said a moment ago, the reasons I’ve described,” he said. On the other hand, the DS feels that the arguments heard thus far in favor of a change to Constitutional Law are not enough reason to change that law. Head of the DS Parliamentary Group Nada Kolundzija said that such arguments for contravening the law of the land did not even exist. President Boris Tadic said yesterday in Vienna that when it came to presidential, local and provincial elections, he would insist on following the letter of the law. Tadic’s reaction came after hints from his party that elections could be held in March next year. The president explained his position citing adherence to the law as a prerequisite for Serbian EU membership. “I see that everyone has their own view of the political opinions expressed these last few days. Obviously , I’m not going to start speaking about dates for presidential, local and provincial elections while I’m here in Vienna, but rather when I get back to Belgrade,” he said. Tadic stated that he was certain that no laws would be broken and called on politicians who hoped to gain some sort of benefit from the electoral process to put an end to their machinations. Milos Aligrudic (FoNet, archive)

Election agreement in sight

“At the time, we advocated having a strict and clear norm within Constitutional Law, but this was later removed at the behest of the Democratic Party (DS), when the the Constitution was written,” said the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) MP.

He said that that had resulted in the parties interpreting Constitutional Law in different ways, and denied that the DSS’s motives for changing the law were based on political expediency. “Look, laws can be changed. It’s not a matter of what suits one party more, rather it’s the situation in question. So, it’s not a question of what suits us more, but rather as I said a moment ago, the reasons I’ve described,” he said.

On the other hand, the DS feels that the arguments heard thus far in favor of a change to Constitutional Law are not enough reason to change that law. Head of the DS Parliamentary Group Nada Kolundžija said that such arguments for contravening the law of the land did not even exist.

President Boris Tadić said yesterday in Vienna that when it came to presidential, local and provincial elections, he would insist on following the letter of the law. Tadić’s reaction came after hints from his party that elections could be held in March next year. The president explained his position citing adherence to the law as a prerequisite for Serbian EU membership.

“I see that everyone has their own view of the political opinions expressed these last few days. Obviously , I’m not going to start speaking about dates for presidential, local and provincial elections while I’m here in Vienna, but rather when I get back to Belgrade,” he said.

Tadić stated that he was certain that no laws would be broken and called on politicians who hoped to gain some sort of benefit from the electoral process to put an end to their machinations.

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